This document provides an overview of using the website building platform Weebly. It includes sample Weebly websites, tips for pre-planning a website by creating a sitemap and choosing a URL, instructions for setting up a Weebly account, an overview of the Weebly interface, tutorials and other resources for using Weebly, information on domains and URLs, notes on web design, and contact information for the author.

1. Weebly Basics
Nell Eckersley
http://bit.ly/AETechToolbox

2. Sample Websites
• http://mrnystudent.weebly.com/
• http://techtoolboxpd.weebly.com/
• http://www.emergingtechforadulted.com/
• https://usadultliteracy.wordpress.com/
http://bit.ly/AETechToolbox
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3. Pre-Thinking
What do you plan to use your
website for? Draw a basic
sitemap to outline your website.
This will help you when you are
asked to choose a theme
Weebly gives you three default
pages Home, About, and Contact
Tip: Use post-it-notes for the
sections in your sitemap so you
can easily rearrange them
3http://digestwebdesign.com/sitemap.html
Organizing website content (Information Architecture)
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/starting-out-
organized-website-content-planning-the-right-way/
Creating a Website Outline and Site Diagram (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqojkqaTck

4. Pre-Thinking
Have a URL name idea--your free URL will look something like this
http://nelightful.weebly.com/.
Have a few options incase your first option is already taken.
Tip: The URL does NOT have to contain the name of your site, but
should be easy to remember and type. Shorter is better.
http://bit.ly/AETechToolbox
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5. Pre-Thinking
To create your Weebly account you will need to use an email address.
Use an email address you can access easily now so you can verify your
account straight away
Use a password you can remember
Tip: Here’s one way to make a pretty secure password: Take a word or
phrase and remove the vowels from it. For example, "eat the
cheeseburger" becomes "tthchsbrgr". You might want to add a number
or special character and capitalize the first or last letter.
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Password-You-Can-Remember
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6. Let’s get started:
1. Go to
http://www.weebly.com
2. If you don’t already have
an account, click on Try It
Free.
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7. Weebly Dashboard: Click the arrow to select new site or find another site you already
have create, or click Edit Site to Edit the site currently displayed
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8. Creating a New Site: Click Add Site from the drop down menu. Weebly will
take you through the next steps
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10. Finding/Creating Images
Coppyright Free, Royalty Free and Creative Commons
• https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
• https://pixabay.com/
• http://www.imagesource.com/royalty-free
• http://www.gettyimages.com/creative-images/royaltyfree
• Photo Editor https://pixlr.com/
• Graphic Design Software https://www.canva.com/
Tip: Create a website folder and save all the website images there so you can
find them again
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20. Weebly Interface
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http://adultedtechnologytoolbox.weebly.com/

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22. Weebly Tutorials
• How to do everything http://hc.weebly.com/hc/en-
us/categories/200044378-How-to-Do-Everything
http://bit.ly/weeblyeverything
• Video Tutorials https://www.youtube.com/user/weebly
http://bit.ly/weeblyyoutube
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23. Weebly Resources
• EdTech Tip: Webbing with Weebly
http://www.gpb.org/blogs/education-matters/2015/09/30/edtech-
tips-webbing-weebly
• Using Weebly for Digital Student Portfolios
http://edtechchic.blogspot.com/2016/03/using-weebly-for-digital-
student.html
• How to Embed Quizlet Flashcards in to a Weebly website
https://msdrasby.com/2016/03/05/how-to-embed-quizlet-flashcards-
into-weebly/
• Web Design with Weebly for Education
http://www.learningedtech.com/web-design-with-weebly.html
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24. Domains & URLs
• Dotster https://www.dotster.com/
• Go Daddy https://www.godaddy.com/
• 1 and 1 http://www.1and1.com/
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25. A Note about Web Design
• Why Aesthetics Matter to Learning
https://www.td.org/Publications/Blogs/Learning-
Technologies-Blog/2015/04/Why-Aesthetics-
Matter-to-Learning
• 1990’s Web Design
http://blog.ambitious.me/2012/04/how-
websites-looked-like-in-the-1990s/
• Make any website look like 1990’s
http://www.wonder-tonic.com/geocitiesizer/
• Good Design
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/10-
principles-of-effective-web-design/
• User Experience Design
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience_d
esign
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26. Nell Eckersley
▪ Literacy Assistance Center
▪ Evaluation http://bit.ly/1km64BF
▪ NellE@lacnyc.org
▪ @LACNYCNell
Evaluation http://bit.ly/1km64BF
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